TS1474 What am I doing wrong? I move content from a cd to my iTunes library on the computer, but when I try to load a song on my iPhone, the red circle appears and I can't do it, even though I have sync-ed the devices.  Any solutions?

I am frustrated!  I add content to my iTunes library from a cd, then find that I am unable to load it.  When I click and drag an item to my device, the red NO symbol appears and I am unable to load it onto my phone, although I have synced the devices.  I AM able to do this without issue on another computer.  Help!

The number of devices authorized on an account and the number that an iPhone can sync to are two different things. You can now authorize up to 5 computers or 10 devices to play your content, but still an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can only be tied to one computer at a time. You can copy content from other computers to the computer used for syncing, and get it on the iPhone that way.
Connect the phone to that computer, whichever you want to be the "master" of the iPhone. Click on its name in iTunes. On the right there is a Summary screen. Scroll down it and you will see several checkboxes. One of them is "Manually manage music and videos". If this is checked you must drag content from iTunes to the iPhone. If you have a large library, however, this can be cumbersome.
The alternative is to leave this box unchecked, and instead click on the "Music" tab when the phone is connected. You can then just check the content you want on the phone, by artist, genre, title, playlist, etc. After checking you click the "Update" or "Sync" button and everything you have checked syncs automatically.

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